Apple Configurator for iOS

Mac Centre Technical Services Engineer Kyle Hoare talks us through Apple Configurator for iOS.

Apple Configurator for iPhone.

Prior to the release of macOS Monterey and Apple Configurator for iPhone. The only way to assign macOS devices to Apple Business/School Manager was to ensure companies were buying macOS devices from Apple or an authorised reseller, such as Mac Centre. However, this has now changed.

Apple now supports enrolment of T2 and Apple Silicon’s devices into ABM or ASM via Apple Configurator regardless of where they were purchased.

Check out the video to see everything a macadmins needs to know regarding the launch of these two products and to explore the process of enrolling macOS devices into ABM or ASM via Apple Configurator.

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[obi__cajone]

I've been searching for something that was this easy to understand for days. THANK YOU.

[directorbrandx]

This was a great demonstration of using AC2 on iOS to enroll MacOS devices. Thank you for mentioning the 30day cooling off period because we were struggling to understand why our management profiles were removable. That was a gold nugget for us!

This was a very useful video. Thanks mate :)

[sunnykgaming]

anybody having an issue where you use Config 2 and it does goes to abm. Adds to mdm server. But the remote manager fails so it never gets supervised ?

[max-zbio]

what if i want to do it the other way around where i want to add a phone with a macbook

[Simonshadyforest]

I was wondering what happens after the reboot ? If I were to run the setup assistant with a Macbook with data on it, will it erase the data ?

[RSAMan]

Can enrolment be done remotely? I’m trying to set this up for my family in a different country.

[xyz]

So this didn't work. When I scan a device the phone just vibrates and the other device continues to show the scan for the other device.

[misterh]

I'm trying to enroll an iPad though. How do you do that? It's supposed to pop the fuzzy blue blob at the WiFi selection screen but it's not.

[frs]

I hate this apple configurator. everybody says its easy but when you are part of a very complex network wifi system government and you use the configurator app to configurate your apple devices. its a such a pain. it looks so simple but its not intuitive at all. it takes me 40 min each device to configurate because my firewall are so complex and i cannot just take away those rules on my internet just to install an apple device.

[vrhb]

all what I get is "do you want to set up it for "ME or for child". I'm signed in to apple bus manager with account to enrol and manged business account...

[monaco]

Hi, what if the user has assigned MAC from org but he doesn't have iphone using android and the user not from IT dept, then how they will add the device into ABM and enrol the device.

[jonathanhernandez]

Can you add another iOS device with an iOS device or is it only intended to add macOS devices? Thanks.

[NickFatijewski]

I have iOS 16 and Apple Configurator is not compatible with my 7th gen iPad with iOS 16. I have a bunch of Mac's I need to add to ABM and all I have been told is you have to use Apple Configurator and need at least iOS 15, not true. I have iOS 16 and it still does not open properly and the App store says my device is not compatible. So disappointing as it has been a royal pain in the A to get anyone to help with getting my Mac's in our ABM. "You need Apple Configurator!", thanks . . . it doesn't work. All the time I have spent getting this setup was such a waste of time, effort and money. Thanks Apple!!